Palestinian factions have largely expressed help for the Syrian folks after the ouster of former President Bashar al-Assad, saying that they hope the brand new authorities will help the Palestinian trigger.
As daylight broke in Damascus within the early hours of Sunday morning, Syrians woke as much as a dramatically modified nation after opposition forces swept into Syria’s capital lower than two weeks right into a lightning offensive.
Palestinian factions have supported opposing sides of the Syrian struggle over the previous 13 years. Syria—home to a whole lot of hundreds of Palestinian refugees—has performed a significant position within the Arab-Israeli battle.
Right here’s how the main Palestinian teams reacted to the fall of al-Assad over the previous days:
Palestinian Authority (PA)
The State of Palestine, run by the PA, mentioned on Sunday that it stands by the Syrian folks, “respecting their will and political selections, in an approach that ensures their safety and stability and preserves their achievements.”.
The Palestinian presidency added in an announcement that it affirms “the necessity to respect the unity, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic and to protect its safety and stability, wishing continued progress and prosperity for the brotherly Syrian folks.”.
The presidency careworn that political events ought to prioritise the pursuits of the Syrian folks and again, the Palestinians’ “simply trigger in the direction of freedom and independence.”.
Hamas
Hamas congratulated the Syrian folks on Monday for reaching their “aspirations for freedom and justice.”.
“We stand strongly with the good folks of Syria… and respect the need, the independence, and the political selections of the folks of Syria,” the Palestinian group mentioned in an announcement.
It additionally urged Syrians to unite and “rise above the injuries of the previous,” condemning what it referred to as the “brutal aggression” by Israel towards Syria.
Hamas added that it hopes that Syria will proceed with “its historic and pivotal position in supporting the Palestinian folks.”.
Hamas sided with the rebellion towards al-Assad early within the disaster regardless of its alliance with Iran, which backed the federal government in Damascus. The Palestinian group’s place cooled down ties with Tehran and Hezbollah in Lebanon; however, the alliance was ultimately revived regardless of disagreements over Syria.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
The Palestinian faction, which is allied with Hamas and Iran, mentioned the current developments are a Syrian matter that pertains to the “selections of the brotherly Syrian folks.”.
“The Islamic Jihad hopes Syria will stay a real supporter and backer for the Palestinian folks and their simply trigger, because it has all the time been,” Ziad al-Nakhala, the top of the PIJ, mentioned in an announcement.
The Fashionable Entrance for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
The left-wing group that has beforehand voiced help for the Syrian authorities didn’t deal with al-Assad’s fall in its first official assertion after opposition fighters captured Damascus.
As a substitute, the PFLP centered on condemning ongoing Israeli assaults on Syria.
“This Zionist aggression towards Syrian territory carries harmful dimensions that require solidarity to confront them,” the group mentioned.
“The Entrance stresses that the Zionist enemy’s air strikes towards Syria and its incursion into Syrian territory quantity to a harmful escalation within the aggression towards the folks and states of the area,” it added.
“The enemy is making an attempt to benefit from the part of inside adjustments in Syria to attain renewed targets of aggression towards Syria and its folks.”
The Palestinian Nationwide and Islamic Forces in Damascus
The coalition, which incorporates a number of Palestinian factions, described the ouster of al-Assad as an inside Syrian affair.
“The Palestinian Nationwide and Islamic Forces in Damascus appear ahead sincerely to the Syrian folks’s proper to find out their future and construct a unified, totally sovereign Syria in a framework of freedom, justice, democracy, and equal citizenship without discrimination,” the coalition mentioned.
It added that it hopes for a “Syria that continues to fulfil its brotherly and nationwide duties in the direction of the Palestinian folks.”.
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